The Black and White Brothers lead devotees in a prayer to the King of Ghosts.

In the background, hanging on the walls of the ritual chamber, are scrolls depicting the Ten Courts of Hell.

my house are really safe. have tian gong alter at infront, behind have malay earth god, inside facing main door have grandparent alter. yet have white old figure always stay behind house. my dog never bark at this white old figure

This post has been edited by meistsh_musical: Sep 3 2015, 07:36 PM

Might be from your family member otherwise dog will never welcome.

according sifu say is earth god

Ya, can be earth god also

The Earth God does typically take the form of a white-bearded old gentleman.

like this 1

Very interesting thread by @nachtsider and other contributors...keep it up guys !

This is a Datuk, a Malay earth/nature deity.

Datuks play a similar role to the Chinese earth gods, but that is where the similarities end.

They are quite different from Chinese earth gods in terms of origins, personality, symbolism and methods of worship.

The pleasure is mine; please feel free to chip in with a question or contribution or two.

I appreciate an interactive audience more than mere silent readers.

there's one thing I would like to ask if @nachtsider you may help to enlighten me.

What's the different between sin tua medium that is in trance to compare against those trance that invoked by Thai's monk ? Especially people that has sak yant (yantra tattoo) on them.

This post has been edited by The_Thorny_Devil: Sep 4 2015, 09:55 PM

My, lots of people here certainly are interested in Thai stuff.

A sintua medium allows himself and only himself to enter a trance. Unlike the Thai occultists, he does not induce a trance in anyone else, especially not in individuals who are not mediums.

Today is the birthday of Lord Zhang the Serpent-Queller, whom I have spoken about earlier in the thread.

Here is a picture of him, being channelled through a medium, receiving birthday greetings from mediums channelling the Black and White Brothers.

Can tell about this Datuk? Quite interesting. What is the origin and what is the differences that u mention?

I observed normal god temple does display five ghosts on their alter. But seem you said they only serving hell deity, why they display five ghost on the alter?

How does the 5 ghost look like?

This post has been edited by dragynraken: Sep 6 2015, 10:55 PM

Then your so-called 'normal god temple' must actually be a Hell-themed temple.

They typically take the form of five misshapen, child-like creatures, coloured black, green, yellow/pink, red and white, respectively.

Datuks are Malay nature spirits and earth deities.

Most of them take the form of Malay men in traditional Malay attire, and are Muslim.

Halal restrictions apply when making offerings to them and entering their houses of worship.

Unlike Chinese earth deities, who are typically described as being laid-back, forgiving and mellow, Datuks can be very strict with their devotees and quick to punish those who do not abide by their rules.